Seattle's Celebrating a Championship Today—in Cricket

Remember the Seattle Thunderbolts?

Last we checked on our local cricketers, they were preparing for another season and laying the groundwork for cricket to take off in the region.

Safe to say that foundation is even more solid than it was just a few months ago. After a slow start to its second campaign, the Thunderbolts recently rolled off eight straight victories to win the Minor League Cricket title. The club’s improbable run sent notice to fans across the country that the Puget Sound area, the future site of a Major League Cricket franchise, is one of the sport’s “powerhouses,” says Thunderbolts co-owner Vijay Beniwal.

Nobody was describing our region’s local team that way at the

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